Feeling overwhelmed? What if you could shift from being overwhelmed to being in overdrive - positive overdrive. Overdrive isn’t about power or speed, it’s about efficiency. What is slowing down could help you be more efficient - in overdrive.

Everyone seems to want to change their habits these days – hoping and believing it will lead us to be faster, more efficient, more productive, more intelligent. Most importantly the more habits you create the less mental energy you need to spend – improving your mental load and work-life balance. But what does the science of behavior change really tell us about how to make and break habits?

Working moms carry this huge mental load. It’s exhausting. It’s overwhelming. It’s stressful. It’s endless. So how do you overcome overwhelm and ease your mental load? How do you get a better work-life balance? It’s time to get back to your values. Then follow these 7 hacks to simplify your life.

We are moms, moms of young children. We have less free time right now than we will ever have in our entire lives. Yes parenthood will be full of increasingly challenging questions and dilemmas as our children age, but we will also regain some independence, some personal time. Do you ever get in bed and think - I had so little time today to do what I wanted and I didn’t even use it well.

You are a silent superhero – the kind that everyone benefits from but no one realizes is even there. You are a silent superhero. The kind of superhero that finds solutions, prevents problems, helps everything run smoothly, and does all of these things without others recognizing or even noticing.. You have different kinds of superhero powers – they make you almost invisible - but they are still there. You are just a silent superhero - the kind that might go unnoticed, the unsung hero.

If you are at a career crossroads it can feel overwhelming. You might feel excited, but also scared and daunted by all the possibilities or the lack of possibilities. I’m there. I found out my colleague at work (a woman with virtually the same job) makes 47% more money than me, I’ve quit my job, I’ve started my own company. I’m not going to lie though and say it’s easy. It’s hard to make a big life change. It’s hard to venture into the unknown. It’s hard to make life-changing decisions, even if you know it’s for the best.